[
UK
/kjˈɔːd/
]
[ US /ˈkjʊɹd/ ]
[ US /ˈkjʊɹd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
- (used especially of meat) cured in brine
- (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
- (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
-
freed from illness or injury
when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium
appears to be entirely recovered
the incision is healed
the patient appears cured - (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
How To Use cured In A Sentence
- She was in her sixties and wore her thinning gray hair pulled back in a loose bun with all but a few strands secured by bobby pins.
- Philips is also exploring the potential of applying LED to help 'declutter' city streets increasingly obscured by a variety of elements, including lighting fixtures. WebWire | Recent Headlines
- I do not want to see or smell your funky feet, crusty heels or unpedicured toes.
- Mustard, salt, picholine olives and super-thin rye toasts give the house-cured gravlax just the right accents. SFGate: Top News Stories
- Adele brushes her perfectly manicured fingertips atop the cold, smooth metal of the letter opener.
- Have you failed to hear a word he's said since he swept you off your perfectly pedicured feet and into the nearest watering hole?
- [72] A flitch is a side of cured meat, in this case, pork. Robert Carter Diary, 1726
- But consumers should be aware that secured loans are listed alongside safer unsecured loans. Times, Sunday Times
- One of the main sources of short-term funds is the unsecured bank loan. Principles of Corporate Finance
- This initially meant they were loath to adopt a reportage style, preferring empty streets and unobscured buildings, with people represented only to provide an area of scale or as pure portraiture.